CVE-2024-49765
criticalpriority · track · 36EPSS 0.004 · 30 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. Sites that are using discourse connect but still have local logins enabled could allow attackers to bypass discourse connect to create accounts and login. This problem is patched in the latest version of Discourse. Users unable to upgrade who are using discourse connect may disable all other login methods as a workaround.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–critical · 5.3–9.1
ssvc
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weaknesses
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affected products (7)
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advisories (1)
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- BIT-discourse-2024-49765Bypass of Discourse Connect using other login paths if enabled in Discourse2024-12-23vendor · osvUS
Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. Sites that are using discourse connect but still have local logins enabled could allow attackers to bypass discourse connect to create accounts and login. This problem is patched in the latest version of Discourse. Users unable to upgrade who are using discourse connect may disable all other login methods as a workaround.
also known as (3)
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sources
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references (4)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-v8rf-pvgm-xxf2cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-49765cnnvd
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-v8rf-pvgm-xxf2enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-v8rf-pvgm-xxf2Vendor Advisorynvd
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